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2008-11-29 Scho?nfelde, Germany. On a muddy field near the East German village Schooenfelde a dozen of tanks disturb the rural silence. Several former East german army officers have set up a Tank drivingschool. It started as a hobby, but by now, they are open all year round in the weekends and in the summer 4 to 5 days a week. For 136 Euros anyone can drive a tank throuh the mud. Forty percent of their customers are women...
Sur une zone boueuse pres du village Allemand Schoenfelde une douzaine de blindes perturbent le silence rural. Plusieurs anciens dirigeants de l'armee Allemande de l'Est ont installe une auto-ecole de blindes. Cela a commence par un passe-temps, mais aujourd'hui, ils sont ouvert chaque weekend de l'annee ainsi que tout l'ete 4 a 5 jours par semaine. Pour 136 euros n'importe qui peut piloter un blinde dans la boue. Quarante pour cent de leurs clients sont des femmes.

Expiry Date Reached
Almost twenty years after the collapse of the DDR not much remains. Especially the rural Oderbruch region near the Polish border saw an exodus. Every one who could has moved away to the West to find employment, luxury and a better life. Those who stayed are growing older and less mobile.
Many of them have no means transportation and are stuck in their little houses and farms. The 61 year old Peter Rohner drives around the area in his small grocery truck five days a week. At least once a week he visits all his customers of whom some are a generation older than he is.

Haßleben, Germany. Supporters of a massive pigfarm in Eastern Germany have set up a "pro-pork" pressure group. The planned farm, owned by a Dutch farmer is supposed to house up to 85 thousand pigs. The industrial farming complex dates from DDR times and went bankrupt in 1991. Environmental groups have been protesting holding back permission for 5 years already.